# Biofuel Sends Letter to EPA Administrator Pruitt on 2019 Cellulosic Volumes | BIO

> BIO and other U.S. biofuel and agriculture groups sent a letter to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt on the proposed 2019 cellulosic volumes. The letter urges EPA to give closer attention to corn kernel fiber ethanol and its D3 RIN pathway.

- Date: 2018-02-15 · published 2018-02-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/66367-biofuel-sends-letter-to-epa-administrator-pruitt-on-2019-cellulosic-volumes-bio
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Faster approval of corn kernel fiber cellulosic ethanol could add ethanol capacity and corn-linked demand over time. The letter is advocacy on a proposal, so near-term price impact is minimal.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2017-11-30 | [EPA Leaves Biodiesel Alone, Raises Cellulosic Volumes](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67842-epa-leaves-biodiesel-alone-raises-cellulosic-volumes.md) | +1.0% | +7.1% |
| CORN | 2019-07-05 | [EPA proposes no growth in biofuels except cellulosic \| 2019-07-05 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57957-epa-proposes-no-growth-in-biofuels-except-cellulosic-2019-07-05-agri-pulse-agri.md) | +1.9% | -4.0% |
| CORN | 2018-11-30 | [Slight Bump Given to Cellulosic Ethanol, Advanced Biofuels](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61905-slight-bump-given-to-cellulosic-ethanol-advanced-biofuels.md) | +8.0% | +8.5% |
| CORN | 2018-06-26 | [EPA Proposes Biofuel Requirements for 2019; On Track to Meet Congressional Deadline \| U.S. EPA News Releases \| US EPA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64401-epa-proposes-biofuel-requirements-for-2019-on-track-to-meet-congressional.md) | -2.3% | -3.5% |
| CORN | 2020-01-17 | [Biofuel Leaders Point to Positives From Rocky 2019](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54953-biofuel-leaders-point-to-positives-from-rocky-2019.md) | +3.4% | -0.4% |

## Sources

- bio.org: https://www.bio.org/letters-testimony-comments/biofuel-advocates-letter-epa-administrator-pruitt-2019-cellulosic-volumes

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